The move is surprising, but makes sense if the Chiefs follow through on drafting an offensive tackle at the No. 1 overall pick. Winston just signed a four-year, $22 million contract last offseason and graded out as top-nine right tackle in Pro Football Focus' 2012 ratings. The move saves $3.5 million in cap space. Winston will have plenty of options on the open market, attracting particular interest from zone-blocking teams. A reunion with the Texans would make a ton of sense after their 2012 right-tackle struggles. Miami, St. Louis, Baltimore, Washington, and Detroit all showed interest in Winston last offseason. Look for Kansas City to select Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel or Central Michigan's Eric Fisher if they can't trade out of the draft's top pick. Mar 6 - 8:20 PM
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For S? I don't really like it. Could mean they feel like Phillips is walking though. Is Woodson really any better than Rolle, Hill, or Brown though at this point? I guess it would be decent depth move if he comes really cheap.

Corey Webster takes a pay cut to stay with the Giants
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 7, 2013, 12:04 PM EST
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Cornerback Corey Webster was a candidate to get cut as the Giants try to clear salary-cap space, but Webster has agreed to take a pay cut instead.

Webster, who was due a $7.25 million base salary in 2013, the final year of his current contract, has instead agreed to take a base salary of $4 million, Kimberly Jones of NFL Network reports.

Although he started all 16 games last season, Webster had a disappointing year, and there was talk in New York that the team would decide he wasn’t worth a roster spot. Accepting a pay cut of $3.25 million changes that calculus.

Giants center David Baas has also agreed to restructure his contract, lowering his base salary from $4.25 million to $1.25 million, Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports. But Baas has simply converted some of his salary to a signing bonus, meaning he’ll get the same amount of money this year but the Giants can count less of it against their salary cap.

The two moves have the Giants about $9 million under the salary cap, five days before the start of free agency.

It looks like no deal will be done with Chase Blackburn and that he will hit the open market. No surprise, he may want to see what he can get on the open market, I expect we offered close to vet minimum.

Martellus Bennett is still talking with the front office about a deal. This is a good sign, they are probably in the same ballpark. There is a chance that a deal gets done before march 12. Bennett probably realises that being here is probably his best situation, just depends on the money.

The other interesting fact is that we haven't put the RFA tenders on Victor Cruz. The front office is probably trying to get the deal done; but if it can't the 1st round RFA tender is all but certain.

The Giants are one of four teams (with Seahawks, Dolphins and Jets) that have reportedly been in touch with the agent for Charles Woodson.

I was just looking into the possible numbers around Winston to see if it makes sense. It is something that we could consider. We could likely sign Winston with the room we save if we were to cut Diehl.

Cruz will almost certainly get the rfa tender at least.

But the current cap room we have should be enough for Cruz if we can get a long term deal done. It really depends how close both sides are on $$s

Oh, Yeah I forgot about David D. However, by signing Winston, what do we do with our developmental guys? If they feel Brewer can compete to start then let him try. Then, this draft class is deep at OL. So again, that's another shot to fill that hole. Sure, Winston is a good OT, and I been a fan of him since his UM days. But if we do sign him, I wonder if we let Brewer compete. And if an OT falls to us like Fluker, would we draft him?